Erdoğan’s propaganda machine Anadolu news agency targets Turkish journalist covering Atilla case
The state-run Anadolu news agency, run by a former advisor of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as propaganda machine of his despotic regime,...
ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE: One more abduction reported in Turkey
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on Sunday said another Turkish national was abducted by Turkey’s intelligence agency...
Wife of Turkish teacher dismissed over alleged Gülen links dies while saving children from...
The wife of a former teacher dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement died on Saturday while trying...
Appeals court upholds 22-year sentence given to former Kurdish MP
A regional appeals court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has upheld a prison sentence of 22 years, three months handed down to...
Iraqi court sentences 15 Turkish women to death over ties with ISIL
An Iraqi criminal court sentenced 15 Turkish women to death after finding them guilty of having links to the radical Islamist terror group Islamic...
Turkey blocks access to global petition platform Change.org
Turkey has blocked access to Change.org, a global online petition platform widely used for digital signature campaigns on social, political and rights-related issues, according...
UK announces deal with Turkey to tackle illegal migration
The UK has announced a deal with Turkey to enhance cooperation on tackling illegal migration, which includes a new operational “center of excellence” to be...
Turkey’s Erdoğan accuses marchers for justice of supporting terrorism
Targeting the ‘March for Justice’ initiated by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday accused the...
Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay released pending trial after 20 months of detention
Şahin Alpay, a veteran journalist and columnist of the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, was released pending trial on Friday after Turkey’s Constitutional...
Europa Nostra condemns, NGOs protest relocation of Turkey’s historical Hasankeyf
As the Board of Europa Nostra deeply deplores the decision of the Turkish government to build a dam that would lead to flooding of...
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